Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

The disease management process at Bassett Medical Center was positively impacted after the hospit...

Increasingly, hospitals and health systems are forming partnerships to attain the new and demandi...

At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...

Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

This project involves raising awareness and expanding the palliative care program at HSHS St. Joh...

This HPOE guide, developed by Kaufman Hall, provides key considerations in partnering for populat...

The ICMP Program is a Care Manager collaborative created to ensure the transition of patient care...

Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Physician’s Organization implem...

The Integrated Care Management Program is a care manager collaborative created to ensure a smooth...

The project improved the pharmacy to hospital floor Rx process to decrease returns, optimize auto...

Broadens view of care delivery from hospital-based practice to the entire bundle episode (30-days...

Blood transfusions to treat anemia can have a significant impact on patient outcomes. It was reco...

Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...

The Institute for Diversity in Health Management, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, works close...

Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

St. John's implemented a web-based business intelligence platform that integrates physician quali...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

The transformation of health care is occurring at a rapid pace causing an increase in the need to...

Truven Health Analytics discusses key areas of focus for hospitals and care systems that want to ...

Health care organizations are in varying stages of clinical and financial integration as they pur...

A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...

The health care field leaves a large environmental footprint, but hospitals and health care syste...

The United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration office released...

Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Miss.– 633 beds– 3,000-plus employees In 1997, Miss...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

The treatment of asthma requires cultural and linguistic sensitivity. Ideal treatment options req...

After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...

Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...

The 2012 AHA Committee on Performance Improvement focused on advanced illness management. Well-de...

This report discusses strategies to help health care leaders prioritize three foundational elemen...

This second report in this series expands and explains all three strategies and focuses on patien...

A key objective of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's new reimbursement and payment...

AHRMM is the premier membership group for health care supply chain and materials management profe...

Established in 1980, ASHRM is a personal membership group of the AHA with nearly 6,000 members re...

“End of life care,” “serious illness” or “advanced illness” are some of the terms used to categor...

Health care professionals at Henry Ford Health System know how to connect with teenagers. About 1...

This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...

Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...

Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

For more than ten years, St. Elizabeth Medical Center has focused on length of stay and resource ...

AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diag...

Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY1,418 Beds The Problem Montefiore Medical Center is a large, a...

This report discusses the necessity of health information technology to effectively and systemati...

This certified CME/CE activity focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain in the hospital ...

This certified CME/CE activity addresses professional practice gaps in the optimal care of chroni...

The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the differenc...

This white paper introduces an overall approach and tools designed to support two processes: the ...

This article discusses the evidence base behind population health management and explores the fut...

This paper discusses how new technologies can be applied to improve the health of populations and...

The content of this best-practices guide, and the process by which it was assembled, are emblemat...